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Subelement 7

Radio Wave Propagation

Section 7-06

MF and HF, critical and maximum useable frequencies, solar flux

What happens to signals higher in frequency than the critical frequency?

  • Correct Answer
    They pass through the ionosphere
  • They are absorbed by the ionosphere
  • Their frequency is changed by the ionosphere to be below the maximum usable frequency
  • They are reflected back to their source
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What causes the maximum usable frequency to vary?

  • Correct Answer
    The amount of radiation received from the sun, mainly ultraviolet
  • The temperature of the ionosphere
  • The speed of the winds in the upper atmosphere
  • The type of weather just below the ionosphere
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What does maximum usable frequency mean?

  • The lowest frequency signal that will reach its intended destination
  • The highest frequency signal that is most absorbed by the ionosphere
  • The lowest frequency signal that is most absorbed by the ionosphere
  • Correct Answer
    The highest frequency signal that will reach its intended destination
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What can be done at an amateur station to continue HF communications during a sudden ionospheric disturbance?

  • Correct Answer
    Try a higher frequency
  • Try the other sideband
  • Try a different antenna polarization
  • Try a different frequency shift
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What is one way to determine if the maximum usable frequency (MUF) is high enough to support 28 MHz propagation between your station and western Europe?

  • Correct Answer
    Listen for signals on the 10-metre beacon frequency
  • Listen for signals on the 20-metre beacon frequency
  • Listen for signals on the 39-metre broadcast frequency
  • Listen for WWVH time signals on 20 MHz
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What usually happens to radio waves with frequencies below the maximum usable frequency (MUF) when they are sent into the ionosphere?

  • They are changed to a frequency above the MUF
  • They are completely absorbed by the ionosphere
  • Correct Answer
    They are bent back to the earth
  • They pass through the ionosphere
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At what point in the solar cycle does the 20-metre band usually support worldwide propagation during daylight hours?

  • Only at the minimum point of the solar cycle
  • Only at the maximum point of the solar cycle
  • Correct Answer
    At any point in the solar cycle
  • At the summer solstice
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If we transmit a signal, the frequency of which is so high we no longer receive a reflection from the ionosphere, the signal frequency is above the:

  • skip distance
  • Correct Answer
    maximum usable frequency
  • speed of light
  • sunspot frequency
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Communication on the 80 metre band is generally most difficult during:

  • Correct Answer
    daytime in summer
  • evening in winter
  • evening in summer
  • daytime in winter
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The optimum working frequency provides the best long range HF communication. Compared with the maximum usable frequency (MUF), it is usually:

  • double the MUF
  • half the MUF
  • Correct Answer
    slightly lower
  • slightly higher
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During summer daytime, which bands are the most difficult for communications beyond ground wave?

  • Correct Answer
    160 and 80 metres
  • 40 metres
  • 30 metres
  • 20 metres
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